2018 -- H 7096

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

     Introduced By: Representative Lauren H. Carson

     Date Introduced: January 10, 2018

     Referred To: House Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Chapter 31-3 of the General Laws entitled "Registration of Vehicles" is

hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

     31-3-117. Special plate for Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.

     (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available

special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit Friends of the Rose Island

Lighthouse Foundation, Inc. The plates shall be designed to reference Friends of the Rose Island

Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.

     (b) The special plate shall be displayed upon the same registration number assigned to the

vehicle for which it was issued, and shall be used in place of and in the same manner as the

registration plates issued to the vehicle. The original registration plates for the vehicle shall be

removed from the vehicle and returned to the division of motor vehicles. The registration

certificate for the plates shall be carried in the vehicle, in accordance with §31-3-9. The

registration certificate shall be in effect for the special plate.

     (c) The Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc., motor vehicle plates shall

be the same size as regular motor vehicle plates, and shall be designed by the Friends of the Rose

Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc., in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles, with the

design approved by the Rhode Island state police.

     (d) The Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc., plates shall be subject to

a minimum pre-paid order of at least nine hundred (900) sets of plates per plate type (i.e.

passenger, commercial, etc.). The Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc. plates

shall not be issued unless the minimum order requirement is met. The initial order will be handled

by the Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc., and shall not be submitted to the

division of motor vehicles for production until the minimum order has been met, and the proper

paperwork submitted to the division.

     (e) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall develop application forms,

pre-payment procedures and any other procedures deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of

this section.

     (f) In addition to the regular prescribed motor vehicle registration fee, the Friends of the

Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc., plates shall be subject to a forty dollar ($40.00)

issuance surcharge.

     (g) The forty dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge shall be allocated as follows:

Twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be allocated to the general fund and the remaining twenty dollars

($20.00) shall be distributed annually to the Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation,

Inc., to assist in the fiscal needs required to maintain and protect this historic site for all to enjoy,

and to continue in the fostering of the Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.,

presence as an asset to Rhode Island's economic growth and prosperity. The distribution to the

Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc., shall be placed in a restricted account and

shall be paid to the Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.

     (h) The Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc., shall be required to

submit an annual accounting report before such monies are distributed.

     (i) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Friends of the Rose Island

Lighthouse Foundation, Inc., plates.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

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     This act would create a special motor vehicle registration plate for the Friends of the

Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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